> you say that nobody was had the means for creative activity in Sweden before the arrival of the computer That's reading a bit much into my post, I think. My

> you say that nobody was had the means for creative activity in Sweden before the arrival of the computer That's reading a bit much into my post, I think. My main point was that popular culture and youth entertainment wasn't as readily available as in, for example, the US, and that it was controlled by the government to a much higher extent. This might've been a factor in spurring creativity rather than inviting to pure passive consumption. Of course there were outlets for creativity before home computers. A computer, however, provided means to try your hand in pretty much everything: writing, music, graphics, animation, programming - and the ability to tie it all together and redistribute it cheaply in perfect digital copies.